Claire Reid

Journalist and Copywriter 

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This portfolio brings together some of my work from the last decade. I've got a soft spot for stories that are a little off-beat with a bit of character, and also have a real hunger passion for food and drink. Feel free to explore some of my work below and in the Interesting People and Food Reviews sections, or say 'hello' via my Contact page. 

LADbible •

Inside ‘England’s most haunted house’ which is home to ghostly monks and a Woman in Black

Chicksands Priory, in Bedfordshire, dates all the way back to the 12th Century when it was set up as a Gilbertine Order monastic house and was home to nuns and monks.

Over the years it had various uses, including being home to a US Air Force base between 1950 and 1995, and now sits within the perimeters of the Ministry of Defence Chicksands.

Paranormal historian Damien O’Dell says that the secretive and spooky house is one of the most haunted spots in the UK and has numerous ghosts that have b
UNILAD •

Former Mexican Mafia member tears up as he recalls multiple murders

“We all see it and we don’t think it’s going to happen to us but it always does and that was just my time. It was like nothing new, it just happened and it was my time to be betrayed and to walk away from it, so that’s what I did.

At this point, he appeared to become emotional, paused and cleared his throat before adding: “So there’s that. I regret it all really. Going back, I wish - and I don’t even know if it would change anything really but I wish there had been other ex-members who had walk
LADbible •

Former Colleague Says Harold Shipman Started Killing When He Was A Junior Doctor

Serial killer Harold Shipman may have started murdering much earlier than thought - with a former colleague suspecting he took the life of a young child while still a junior doctor.

British GP Shipman - who practised in Hyde, Greater Manchester - was convicted of 15 murders, but a public inquiry that followed identified 215 confirmed victims and 45 more people who died in suspicious circumstances, potentially linked to Shipman.


Shipman's earliest confirmed victim was 70-year-old Eva Lyons, w
LADbible •

Man Scammed Out Of Almost $100,000 By 'Queen Of The Con' Best Friend

Johnathan Walton met Marianne ‘Mair’ Smyth in 2013 after she moved into the same Los Angeles apartment building and they quickly became friends, but little did Johnathan know that Mair was not who she said she was, and in four years time she would have conned him out of tens of thousands prompting him to launch an investigation that revealed she had dozens of victims spanning two continents.

“We start bonding, I opened up to her and told her my family disowned me for coming out as gay, she said
ladbible.com •

Adult Entertainment Star Reveals The Weirdest Shoot He's Done

It turns out that, like most things, a career in the adult entertainment industry isn't as much fun as you'd think. I know, I'm disappointed, too.

He tells LADbible that 'about five percent of the time' it the best job in the world, but the rest of the time it's hard work (so to speak).

"It's a physically demanding job, an hour of filming is cut down to about 20-25 minutes, so if a film is 90 minutes you're looking about four hours of filming and it's intense.

"Sometimes there can be 20 or 30
LADbible •

Real-Life Exorcist Talks About What Actually Happens During 'Demonic Possession'

An exorcist with the Catholic Church has opened up about his experiences across 16 years of taking on demonic possession. Father Vincent Lampert is a priest at St. Michael Church in Brookville, Indianapolis, but alongside the usual priestly duties, he's also an appointed exorcist called upon to deal with demons and the forces of evil. Father Vincent, 58, was appointed in the unenviable role by Indianapolis Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, and was sent off to Rome to carry out his exorcism trainin...